1st Anniversary

On our 1st anniversary weekend, Anita and I took a trip to NYC. We hung in the city one day, and strolled through Central Park. There we saw an entertaining jazz band, a cool Egyptian obelisk (right by the Met) that I'd never seen before, and the cool “Cloud City” display on the Met upper deck. We stayed in a fancy Kimpton hotel on Park Place. Fancy in NYC means you have room to stretch your arms without hitting two walls. The next day, we swung by a busy breakfast place by Grand Central Station (at Pershing Place) and then headed out to the US Open tennis tournament. There, we saw Berdych pound out a victory over Almagro, then watched the up-and-coming Ryan Harrison (from Shreveport, LA, my birthplace) practicing with his 18-yr-old younger brother. The last match we saw was a mixed doubles match with a player called Leander Paes who's pushing 40, but who made it to the men's doubles final despite that fact. Maybe I can play pro tennis yet :) We briefly met with a guy I play tennis with (who happens to be our dentist) and some of his family/friends. One of the photos shows Anita with a cute little girl we met. She confided in me that she did not really like tennis, but she sure seemed to be having a ball :)  Altogether, quite a nice anniversary weekend.  All of my photos are on Picasa:
http://picasaweb.google.com/remierice/201209031stAnniversaryInNyc


See also Anita's blog post for some other details like or Italian dinner and better photos of the Open:
http://postcardsfromanita.blogspot.com/2012/09/somewhere-open.html

Until next time fair readers!  Perhaps I won't wait almost a year to make my next post.